In Geardagum In Days Of Yore
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In Geardagum In Days Of Yore
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Author : Zacharias P. Thundy
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-12
In Geardagum In Days Of Yore written by Zacharias P. Thundy and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-12 with categories.
About seventy years ago, S. J. Crawford, talking about the monsters of the sea and land populating the Apocalypse, observed: "I am somewhat surprised that we have not already had an article with the title 'Beowulf and the Apocalypse.'"1 The main reason no such study appeared until recently is simply that scholars were too preoccupied with reading Beowulf as a pagan Germanic poem or as a poem shaped almost exclusively by the Western Latin intellectual traditions dominated by St. Augustine and his disciples or that they were trying to avoid these two extremes. The emphasis in this book is that the Old English poem integrates apocalyptic ideas developed by the Eastern Christians.
Beowulf
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Author : Roy Liuzza
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 1999-12-06
Beowulf written by Roy Liuzza and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-06 with Fiction categories.
The classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poem's final creation will help readers see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the poem.
Translating Beowulf Modern Versions In English Verse
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Author : Hugh Magennis
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2015
Translating Beowulf Modern Versions In English Verse written by Hugh Magennis and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Translations of the Old English poem 'Beowulf' proliferate, and their number continues to grow. Focussing on the particularly rich period since 1950, this book presents a critical account of translations in English verse, setting them in the contexts both of the larger story of recovery and reception of the poem and perceptions of it.
The Rise Of Western Christendom
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Author : Peter Brown
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-02-04
The Rise Of Western Christendom written by Peter Brown and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-04 with History categories.
This tenth anniversary revised edition of the authoritative text on Christianity's first thousand years of history features a new preface, additional color images, and an updated bibliography. The essential general survey of medieval European Christendom, Brown's vivid prose charts the compelling and tumultuous rise of an institution that came to wield enormous religious and secular power. Clear and vivid history of Christianity's rise and its pivotal role in the making of Europe Written by the celebrated Princeton scholar who originated of the field of study known as 'late antiquity' Includes a fully updated bibliography and index
An Anglo Saxon Dictionary
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Author : Joseph Bosworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
An Anglo Saxon Dictionary written by Joseph Bosworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with English language categories.
On The Aesthetics Of Beowulf And Other Old English Poems
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Author : John M. Hill
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
On The Aesthetics Of Beowulf And Other Old English Poems written by John M. Hill and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
What makes one Anglo-Saxon poem better than another? Why does Beowulf still have the power to move us after so many centuries? What might have been aesthetically pleasing to Old English readers and writers of poetry? While there is an apparent consensus by scholars on a core of poems considered to be exceptional literary achievements - Beowulf, Judith, the Vercelli book - there has been little systematic investigation of the basis for these appraisals. With new essays on rhetoric, wordplay, meter, structure, irony, form, psychology, ethos, and reader response, the contributors to this collection aim to find objective aesthetic qualities in Anglo-Saxon poetry. Posing questions of quality and beauty as discoverable in artefacts, On the Aesthetics of Beowulf and Other Old English Poems significantly advances our understanding not only of aesthetics and Old English poetry, but also of Old English attitudes towards literature as an art form.
The Barbarian North In Medieval Imagination
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Author : Robert Rix
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-11-13
The Barbarian North In Medieval Imagination written by Robert Rix and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines the sustained interest in legends of the pagan and peripheral North, tracing and analyzing the use of an ‘out-of-Scandinavia’ legend (Scandinavia as an ancestral homeland) in a wide range of medieval texts from all over Europe, with a focus on the Anglo-Saxon tradition. The pagan North was an imaginative region, which attracted a number of conflicting interpretations. To Christian Europe, the pagan North was an abject Other, but it also symbolized a place from which ancestral strength and energy derived. Rix maps how these discourses informed ‘national’ legends of ancestral origins, showing how an ‘out-of-Scandinavia’ legend can be found in works by several familiar writers including Jordanes, Bede, ‘Fredegar’, Paul the Deacon, Freculph, and Æthelweard. The book investigates how legends of northern warriors were first created in classical texts and since re-calibrated to fit different medieval understandings of identity and ethnicity. Among other things, the ‘out-of-Scandinavia’ tale was exploited to promote a legacy of ‘barbarian’ vigor that could withstand the negative cultural effects of Roman civilization. This volume employs a variety of perspectives cutting across the disciplines of poetry, history, rhetoric, linguistics, and archaeology. After years of intense critical interest in medieval attitudes towards the classical world, Africa, and the East, this first book-length study of ‘the North’ will inspire new debates and repositionings in medieval studies.
The Metre Of Beowulf
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Author : Michael Getty
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Metre Of Beowulf written by Michael Getty and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. Building on recent advances in generative linguistics, the analysis presented in this book offers compelling explanations for a wide range of metrical phenomena that have been observed but only poorly understood for over a century.
British Literature A Historical Overview Volume A
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Author : Joseph Black
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 2010-06-14
British Literature A Historical Overview Volume A written by Joseph Black and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship, the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials. Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader in the field. The full anthology comprises six bound volumes, together with an extensive website component; the latter has been edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one or more of the bound volumes. These two volumes provide an overview of British literature in its social and historical context from the Anglo-Saxon period through to the twenty-first century. They trace literary developments an all genres, and touch as well on key developments in the history of the language and the history of print culture. And they provide essential historical background for those unfamiliar with the unfolding of British political, social, economic, and cultural history during each of the six periods into which the study of British literature is commonly divided (The Medieval Period, The Renaissance and Early Seventeenth Century, The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, The Age of Romanticism, The Victorian Era, The Twentieth Century and Beyond). Included are a wide variety of illustrations, including 24 pages of color plates in each volume. The material for British Literature: A Historical Overview has been drawn from the general introductions to the six volumes of the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of British Literature. A Historical Overview, Volume B is also available; this covers the age of Romanticism through the twentieth century and beyond.
Is English Changing
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Author : Steve Kleinedler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-07
Is English Changing written by Steve Kleinedler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Is English changing? To what degree is it changing? Is this change good or bad? In answering these questions, Is English Changing? provides a lively and concise introduction to language change, refuting commonly held misconceptions about language evolution as we understand it. Showing that English, like all living languages, has historically changed and continues to change, this book: analyzes developments in the lexicon, the way words are spoken or written, and the way in which speakers and writers use words; offers a basic overview of the major subfields of linguistics, including phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics, all viewed through the prism of language change; discusses change over time with examples from Old English, Middle English, and Modern English; reinforces important concepts with examples from other languages, including Spanish, Japanese, and Czech; clearly defines key terms and includes advice on rules, usage, and style, as well as ample annotated further reading and activities throughout. Aimed at undergraduate students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, this book is essential reading for those studying this topic for the first time.